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The red goshawk is widely considered to be Australia’s rarest bird of prey. They prefer the savanna woodland habitats of northern Australia, primarily close to watercourses. Sadly, these beautiful raptors face the threats of habitat loss and destruction at the hands of farming, ranching, logging, wood pulp plantations, fires, and […]

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The red junglefowl is the closest relative of the domestic chicken. They can be found throughout southern and southeastern Asia, Australasia, Australia, and Hawaii. These birds prefer tropical moist forests, scrub habitats, mangroves, palm oil plantations, tea plantations, and agricultural regions. Due to the lack of threats, sans habitat loss, […]

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The Christmas Island red crab hails from Christmas Island and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands in the Indian Ocean. Even though these land crabs are under a never-ending assault by yellow crazy ants and vehicle strike (being hit by vehicles), these crabs are abundant and not listed by the IUCN. There […]

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The red ruffed lemur can only be found in the Masoala Peninsula in northeastern Madagascar. They prefer deciduous tropical forests. Red ruffed lemurs are among the largest primates found in Madagascar. Unfortunately, due to habitat loss and destruction, at the hands of the logging industry; hunting; trapping; and climate change […]

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The red-shanked douc can only be found in Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam. These primates are an Old World (monkeys hailing from Asia or Africa) creature that dwells in the mid to upper levels of the forest canopy in mountainous to lowland terrains, semi-deciduous, primary, and secondary rainforests. Unfortunately, due to […]

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The red-knee tarantula, aka Mexican red-knee tarantula, hails from the Mexican state of Guerrero, on the Pacific side of Mexico. They prefer hilly, deciduous, tropical forests. These tarantulas are known to make great pets because they are not only attractive, but very docile, and have a low toxicity to their […]

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The red deer is most notable for their beautiful branching antler display. They can be found in Europe, the Caucasus Mountains region, Asia Minor, areas of western Asia, Iran, central Asia, and even Africa. These deer have also been introduced to United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Peru, Uruguay, Chile, […]

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